I have the same problem, but I used Gentoo Linux and nodejs version >= 0.6.x to 0.9.x and got the below message:
localhost deploy # ./run-server.sh
module.js:485
process.dlopen(filename, module.exports);
^
Error: /home/lussy/RQuant/r-node-v0.1.1/server/binding.node: undefined symbol: _ZN4node12EventEmitter20constructor_templateE
at Object.Module._extensions..node (module.js:485:11)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
at Module.require (module.js:362:17)
at require (module.js:378:17)
at Object.<anonymous> (/home/lussy/RQuant/r-node-v0.1.1/server/rserve.js:21:15)
at Module._compile (module.js:449:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:467:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
I think r-node should use a lower version of nodejs, but I can't found one on Gentoo